It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is hell.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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